As Child Immigrants Await Fate, a Race for Counsel

Risk of Deportation Is Greater Without Representation

Inside a courthouse in downtown Manhattan, an immigration court crisis plays out in vivid scenes.

Dozens of attorneys race between windowless courtrooms. Families listen as immigration law is explained to them in a foreign language through an interpreter. And the children at the center of it all fill the dimly lit hallways, waiting for their turn before a judge.